Velocipede



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(ModeL) VELOGIPEDE.

Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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JESSE J. DEPUTY, OF, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 286,593, dated October 16, 1883.

I Application filed January 12, 1883.' (Modch) 7 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE J. DEPUTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Velocipedes; and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainstornake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in velocipedes; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the severals parts, as will be hereinafter fully de scribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 2 is a plan view, Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 4 is a front View, of a machine constructed according to my invention. Fig. 5 is a detached sectional view, and Fig. 6 isa detail view, of one of the belt-shifters, as will be hereinafter described. 7

c is the front board, connecting the side frames, both of which frames are constructed alike, as shown, andthe description of one will answer for both. These frames are composed of the side boards, a a, having their forward ends made fast to board a, as shown.

a? are vertical bars secured to the inner faces of the boards a, near the rear end of thelatter, and provided with loops (d, for the belt-tightener bars, hereinafter described.

b b are the wheels, having their axles extended across the side framing, and journaled in the boards a c in suitable bearings formed at or near the upper ends thereof. In making a wheel for velocipedes it is desirable to provide one of considerable diameter, and yet flight, and in order to secure a large and light wheel I have found it convenient to brace and strengthen the same between the hub and the tire by means of a brace passed between the spokes, and touching and fastened to the sides thereof, facing each other, as shown, so asto strengthen the wheel and not add inaterially to its weight. This brace-band may be of wood, metal, wire, or other suitable material.

5. are cone-pulleys secured on the axle of shown.

the wheels between the side boards, a a. These pulleys are made plain-faced, and are provided on their smallest end with flange If, to prevent thc belt, hereinafter described, from slipping oif in the operation of the invention.

11 is a plain-faced cone-pulley journaled in suitable hearing or boxes in the side boards, a it, below the pulley b,-and turned in opposite direction therefrom, as shown, so that the larger end of pulley b is directly under the smaller end of the pulley b, and its smaller end is under the larger end of pulley I), as The gudgeon of this pulley b is pro vided with a crank, 11*.

c c are guide-rods for the shifters. They extend between the outer side boards of the side frames, passing through the inner boards thereof, and are arranged slightly. in rear of board a, as shown.

d is the shifter, composed of rod d, handle the rod from the handle d. Thehandle-platc is provided with twoholes, through which the rods 0 c are passed. The bracket at is cont posed of base-plate d", secured on end of rod cl, and side plate, d (2 extended forward from the base-plate (2*. The plate d is provided with holes, through which the rods 0 a pass, and the plates (i have eyes (i projected in ward, as shown, and surroundingthe rods 0 0', so that the whole shifter is mounted on and may be moved readily on the rods 0 c. d d are rollers journaled in the side plates, d (2 and arranged a suflicient distance apart to permit the belt to pass between them- The bracket (i is arranged between the boards a a, and the rod d passes'through the inner board,and the handle-plate d rests on the rods 0 0 between the side frames, as shown.

6 is the belt, passed around pulleys Zr b and through between the rollers (2 (l of the shifter, as shown. f f is a rod journaled in the boards a a" in front of the roller 1), and provided with the lever or handle f ,pro ected upward therefrom in reach of the operator.

f f are bars depending from the rod f, and arranged close to the inner sides of the boards a. f 2 f are bars having their forward ends pivoted to the lower ends of the depending bars ,1, and their opposite ends extended to the rear and passed through the loops a on bars 0?.

f" is a roller j ournaled in and extended between the bars f 3 in.rear of the belt a, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

f 5 is a brake having one end secured to the bar f arranged next the outer side board, a,

5 and its otherend arranged to bear against the roller If in the operation of the device, as will be described.

g is the double crank, having the wrists g g, and journaled in the beams h h h supported on a suitable framing hung from the side framesfas shown.

43 "i are pitmen connecting the ends of crank g with crank I).

The machine shown is intended for operation by two persons. It will be understood, however, that by providing a saddle or seat suitably arranged it could be operated by one person.

his left foot on the beam h and his right foot on the crank 9, so that both riders work the crank with their right foot, and alternately, as will be seen. \Vhen tired in this posi- 2 5 tion, they may change by the right operator. putting his right foot on beam h, and both working the cranks with their left foot, as will be understood on reference to the drawings.

It will be seen that by shifting the belts from 0 side to side, so as to bring it on the larger or smaller portions of thepulleys b, the machine will be made to move faster or slower 011 the side on which so shifted. By moving them thus on one side, good results will be accomplished; 3 5 but by moving both sides so as to bring the belt on the largest portion of one pulley b and on the smallest portion of the other pulley, a prompter motion may be had, and the machine readily guided. This is readily accomplished .0 by means of the shifters d, which may be moved from side to side separately or together, as maybe desired. These belts may be shifted by hand; or other shifting devices may be em-.

ployed, as may be desired, though I prefer the cone-pulley-such as, for instance, a bar hinged at one end, and having a roller at its other end arranged to bear against the belt, and a spring forcingthe said roller against the belt. I prefer, however,-the construction shown and before described. Instead of the crank y and pitman 43, motion .might be given direct to pulleys I) by grasping the eranksb", or otherwise, as desired.

' It will be seen that by arranging the pulleys b in opposite directions the machine may be The rider on the left stands with his left foot on the beam h and his right foot on 4 2o crank 9 and the other rider stands with made to go fast or slow by pulling the shifters dtoward each other or pushing them apart.

The belt-tightener, consisting of the bars f and roller f ,is operated by thebar f depending from the rod f, provided with levers f, arranged in reach of the operator, and the brake f is secured to and operated by the same bar, f so it will be seen that as the brake is applied the belt is loosened, and vice versa, each aiding the other in the operation of the machine.

In order to provide abetterplatform. for the riders, it might be well in some cases to make the wrists g narrower and make the beams in h It wider than I have shown.

In practice, when the belts are pushed 'to the smaller ends of the upper pulleys, they will not generally run straight up and down, but will pass around the lower pulleys at a point about as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 4, and it will beunderstood that where so desired the lower cone-pulley could be cut off, at about the point indicated in dotted lines, near their larger ends, or could be set a little farther out, so as to permit the pitmen to be arranged in under the smaller end of the upper pulleys, and thus give more room for the crank-shaft. It will also be understood that two crankshafts could be arranged, so that the machine could be'worked by *four persons, as might be desired.

As before described, I prefer to arrange the upper pulleys in opposite directions,withtheir smaller ends adjacent'to each other; but where so desired they might be arranged in the same direction, with both having their larger ends at the right or the left, as might be desired, in which case, of course, a corresponding alteration of the arrangement of the lower pulleys might be desired.

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination, in a veloeipede, of the drive-wheel, the upper plain-faeed cone-pulley secured on the axle thereof, the cone-pulley arranged below and in opposite directions from the upper pulley, abelt, a crank-shaft journaled in suitable bearings, and a pitman connecting the crank-shaft and the'lower conepulley, substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

2. In a velocipede, the combination of the drive-wheels keyed on independent axles, on oppositesides of the machine, with their axles in line with each other, the cone-pulleys secured on said axles and arranged with their smaller ends adjacent, the lower cone-pulleys, the belt, driving mechanism, and the shifters having their handle-plates (1 arranged near together, whereby the guidance and regulation of speed of the machine maybe more conveniently and accurately accomplished, substantially as and for :the purposes specified.

3. In a veloeipede, the combination of the swinging framing, the drive-wheels having their axles journaled in and supporting the bar a, connecting the said side frames, the

drive-wheels having their axles journaled in the side frames, the pulleys b, secured on the axles between the bars rt, the cone-pulleys I), journaled between the bars a, vertically under the pulleys b, the belts c, the crank-shaft g, journaled in suitable bearings supported. by the side frames, and the pitman 1?, connecting the shaft 9 and pulley b, all arranged and opcrating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a velocipede the combination, with the pulleys b If, the drivebelt, and the shifter, of the rod f, lever f, depending bar f, belttighteners f f, and brake f arranged and operating substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination of the plain-faced conepulleys b If, the belt, and the shifter sliding on suit-able ways, and having rollers d d, journaled in its head-bracket, and arranged on opposite sides of the drive-,belt, substantially as set forth. y

7. In a velocipede, the combination, with the motor or drive pulleys and the belt passed around the same, of the belt-tightener arranged to engage the belt, the brake mechair ism, and means connecting the brake and beltti ghtener, whereby the application of the brake relieves the tension of the belt, and vice versa, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

the drive-belt, the rod f, bar f", brakef and bars f and roller f and means whereby the pulley 1') may be revolved, arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

9. In combination with the pulleys b If, the belt, the rods c, the shifter sliding thereon and connected with the belt, and means where by motion may be applied to pulley If, as set forth.

10. The combination, with pulleys b If, and the belt, and crank b, of the beams h h 11 suitably supported, and providing platforms and the crank 9, having wrists g g", and the pitmen 2?, connecting the cranks g and 2'), sub stantially as set forth.

11. In a velocipede, substantially as described and shown, the drive or motor pulleys, made in truncated-cone form, and provided'at their smaller end with a flange or guard plate,

N, as and for the purposes specified.

12. In a velocipede, the combination of the pulley 1) b belt '0, the brake f and belttightener f 3 f, and the shifter (Z, substantially as set forth.-

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JESSE J. DEPUTY.

Witnesses:

B. A. MrroHnLL,

Enw. Hanan.

8. In combination with the pulleys b b and for the riders and bearings for the crank g, 

